STORY: Huawei launches recruitment drive in Kenya, targeting fresh graduates
SHOOTING TIME: April 21, 2024
DATELINE: May 23, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:03
LOCATION: Nairobi
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the recruitment drive
2. SOUNDBITE (English): PAUL MUNGAI, Director of Education at the Kenyan Ministry of Education's State Department for Higher Education
3. various of the recruitment drive

STORYLINE:

Chinese telecommunication company Huawei launched an initiative on Monday to hire fresh graduates from Kenyan universities.

Fang Zheng, human resource manager for Huawei Kenya, said that the Huawei management trainee program targets the best graduates with four-month-long paid internships that could lead to permanent jobs.

"We developed the program with the aim of exposing Kenyan students to advanced technical knowledge and career prospects in the technology sector," Zheng said in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

Paul Mungai, Director of Education at the Kenyan Ministry of Education's State Department for Higher Education, said that the Huawei management trainee program has emerged as a key public and private cooperation that has created employment opportunities for Kenyan graduates.

SOUNDBITE (English): PAUL MUNGAI, Director of Education at the Kenyan Ministry of Education's State Department for Higher Education
"This program, management trainee program, stands as a testimony of what Huawei is doing, its commitment which is unwavering in terms of development of ICT talent and driving innovation in our country. By investing in programs like this one, we not only address the skills gap but also contribute to the socioeconomic development of our country. The development of the local ICT talent is commendable, and therefore aligns closely with our collective vision of our future education in Kenya."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nairobi.
(XHTV)